§ Mr. Normantonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has read the Screening Survey report of 2,060 hearing-impaired children in the Midlands and North of England which has been distributed by the Royal Schools for the Deaf; and whether he has any proposals in mind to deal with the inadequacies in teacher training facilities and educational provision for such mentally handicapped children.
§ Miss Joan LestorThe report has been read by the Department's specialist advisers and officials concerned. Before its circulation they had discussed with representatives of the schools which cater for hearing-impaired children who are also educationally subnormal or maladjusted, including the Royal Schools for the Deaf, Manchester, what further provision was needed for such children. Various proposals are now being considered.